17 DAYS TO GO . . .

     WEDNESDAY APRIL 6, 2011

     HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE TO SLEEP IN ON VACATION?  I RARELY GET TO SLEEP IN CAUSE MY SON WAKES ME UP BY 7AM EVERYDAY, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO . . . BUT NOT ON VACATION, AT LEAST NOT ON A DISNEY VACATION.  GET UP AND GET OUT!
     I'D SAY EVEN AT THE PARKS YOU SHOULD GET UP EARLY AND GET THERE, BUT ESPECIALLY IS MORE LIKE IT.  IF YOU'RE A LATE SLEEPER DID YOU KNOW THAT FOR THAT FIRST COUPLE HOURS THE PARK IS OPEN THE LINES ARE LESS, FAR LESS, THAN THEY WILL BE THE ENTIRE REST OF THE DAY?  WELL WHY WOULD YOU THINK IT WOULD BE ANY DIFFERENT ON YOUR CRUISE?  REMEMBER, THIS IS A DISNEY CRUISE TOO.  THERE MAY BE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF PEOPLE COMPARED TO THE PARKS, BUT THEY'RE ALL THERE PRETTY MUCH FOR THE SAME REASON.
     PLUS, PEOPLE TAKE CRUISES FOR THE ATMOSPHERE.  THAT ATMOSPHERE RARELY INCLUDES HIDING IN YOUR ROOM.  LET'S FACE IT, EVEN THOUGH DISNEY CRUISE LINE'S STATEROOMS ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST ON THE SEAS, THEY'RE STILL SMALL COMPARED TO A HOTEL ROOM, AND WHO WANTS TO SPEND THEIR VACATION IN A HOTEL ROOM?
     CHECK YOUR PERSONAL NAVIGATOR FOR THE NEXT DAY, THE NIGHT BEFORE.  SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SEE OR DO EARLY.  MAKE SURE YOU GET TO BREAKFAST EARLY ENOUGH TO BE DONE IN TIME TO GET TO IT.  EARLY ENOUGH TO DROP THE KIDS AT THE KIDS CLUBS FOR SOMETHING THEY MAY LIKE CLOSE TO OPENING.  EARLY ENOUGH TO BE GETTING OFF THE BOAT CLOSE TO "ALL ASHORE" TIME.  CROWDS ARE SMALLER GETTING OFF OF THE BOAT EARLIER COMPARED TO LATER NO MATTER WHAT THE PORT.  OR JUST GET TO THE POOL EARLIER AFTER BREAKFAST.  I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD OR NOT, BUT THE POOLS ON CRUISE SHIPS, ESPECIALLY THE NEW DISNEY DREAM, ARE PACKED LIKE SARDINES WITH BARELY A LOUNGE CHAIR TO BE FOUND BY MIDDAY.
     SO UNLESS MOST, OR NONE OF THESE THINGS MATTER AT ALL, SACRIFICE.  GET UP EARLY AND GET OUT.  IF YOU HAVE KIDS WITH YOU ON THIS TRIP, UNLESS THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING, THEY'LL BE THE ONES THANKING YOU FOR GETTING UP AND OUT TO SEE SO MUCH OF WHAT YOU MIGHT OTHERWISE MISS!
     SEA YA REAL SOON!   ºOº
TONIGHT'S MOVIE IS "JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH".